The Beatles may have new songs with John Lennon coming thanks to new technology.
During an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison, revealed that a couple of songs by the Beatles, originally released in the 1990s, will be remixed using artificial intelligence to enhance John Lennon’s vocals.
Following Lennon’s tragic passing in 1980, the other members of the Beatles received demos of the songs from his wife Yoko Ono. Lennon had recorded the vocals and piano for the demos at his home before he died.
The surviving members added their vocals and instrumentation and released “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love” as new songs by the band.
They also worked on “Now And Then,” but decided to shelve the piece after finding Lennon’s vocals and the piano for the song could not be separated.
Later, AI made it possible for Lennon’s vocals to be isolated from the piano. Paul McCartney contributed bass and piano to the track and Ringo Starr added drums, while guitar by George Harrison was provided through a recording from the 1990s, before his death in 2001. “Now And Then” was released in 2023 as the Beatles’ last song.
